The leader of Brazil's Munduruku indigenous people has appealed for international support to protect his people's ancestral forest land in the remote Amazon following the defeat of a mega-dam project that attracted celebrities, including Paul McCartney.

Despite the growth in population of tigers in the country and elsewhere, a global report has warned that the big cats are still not out of the woods due to shrinking forest land which are converted into motorways and other infrastructure that cut through their habitat.

The forest reserves in Uttarakhand have burning for days and the situation has only gotten worse. Nearly 3,000 acres of forest land has burnt over the last 3 months. As many as 6,000 people are at work to get it under control but the scale of the fires has escalated exponentially in the last 24 hours.

The forest reserves in Uttarakhand have burning for days and the situation has only gotten worse. Nearly 3,000 acres of forest land has burnt over the last 3 months. As many as 6,000 people are at work to get it under control but the scale of the fires has escalated exponentially in the last 24 hours.

An IAF Mi 17 chopper today flew several sorties in Nainital district sprinkling water lifted from a lake to douse the raging forest fires that have destroyed vast swathes of forested land across Uttarakhand.

Madhya Pradesh forest department is considering a proposal to fell over 550 trees to make way for a tiger safari in its Pench national park, known as home to 'Mowgli', a fictional character and protagonist in English writer Rudyard Kipling's 'The Jungle Book'.